Reviews - Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 ATOMIC: the fastest gets faster

[HEXUS]

Sapphire makes the world's fastest graphics card slimmer, cooler and faster, too.

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[CK_1985]

So near and yet so very far...

The inclusion of the CPU waterblock is absolute madness. Anyone who can realistically afford this card is going to have a quad-core CPU and asking a single 120mm radiator to cool two GPUs AND a quad-core CPU is just not going to work, surely? And besides, if you can afford this card, chances are you can afford to properly water cool your CPU anyway.

Take out the CPU block and it's a great card, otherwise it's trying to do too much. That's what I think anyway...

[moogle]

The inclusion of the CPU waterblock is absolute madness.

It is, especially for the hot 4870 cards! Now they tested the CPU under load at stock by itself and the temps were high. Now try 3DMark06 and some Prime and you'll see that thing boil

I would like to know who actually buys this though

[randomgiblets]

Error either in testing or on the system specification page

Catalyst 8.12 works perfectly find with GRID, this bug has been resolved (I know, im playing it myself).

also 1920 testing

StockX2 119.4
Atomic 119.3

Clearly another error.

[miniyazz]

So near and yet so very far...

The inclusion of the CPU waterblock is absolute madness. Anyone who can realistically afford this card is going to have a quad-core CPU and asking a single 120mm radiator to cool two GPUs AND a quad-core CPU is just not going to work, surely? And besides, if you can afford this card, chances are you can afford to properly water cool your CPU anyway.

Take out the CPU block and it's a great card, otherwise it's trying to do too much. That's what I think anyway...

It might have been useful to compare the CPU temperatures when using the (presumably air-cooled) Hexus cooler, rather than just the water-cooled temperatures. But yes, especially after overclocking is taken into account, temperatures will want to be as low as possible.